You know your son's a Texan...

~When he is really cold in the middle of the night and you have to explain to him what the down comforter crumpled at the foot of the bed is for...

~When he keeps telling you, "I don't like the long shorts Mommy!" (in reference to pants, which is a word he doesn't know).

~When you go to the Northwest and he says, "Look at all those Christmas trees!" (meaning pine trees...)

~When you read the book about seasons, and you get to the winter page...he looks at you like you're crazy.

~When it's 50 degrees but he tries to take his sweatshirt off and you have to explain, "It's like a blanket for your body..." because he doesn't know why on earth a person would wear one!

Greta's 1 Month B-day

Here are some pics of Greta, who is now 1 month old.
First Bath. She liked it.



We met up with Mike, Ember, and Emory (Stevi's cousins) in Waco.


Jude, Grammy, and Troy got to ride on Thomas the Tank Engine when he came to town.

Greta's first week...

She's nine days old today! We are so thankful for her. God has truly blessed us with a beautiful, healthy, sleepy baby. Jude seems to think she's acceptable so far, and he's been enjoying her. He's particularly interested in her umbilical cord and when it will fall off....

Here are some more pictures from the past week...

More Pics of Greta

We are home now and it is nice. Greta is just sleeping a lot, but she has been a very easy baby so far! We are actually decently well rested. The first picture below is the outfit she wore when we left the hospital. The booties and hat were knitted by a student at Veritas named Caroline.

Meet Greta Mae

After a night with no sleep, Greta was born at 6:28 this morning. She weighed exactly 8lbs, and stretched out 20 inches. Stevi and Greta are both healthy and we are so grateful to God for His kindness to us! Here are a few of the first shots we've taken of our beautiful little girl.

Greta's Empty Room

Well, still no Greta Mae. But at least we have her room finished. If you want to take a look, we've given you two options. You can just look at this picture...or watch the 2.5 minute video tour of her room.

One month....

Well, today I am officially one month away from my due date. I have been acting like I only have a couple of weeks left, since Jude was a bit early, but the possibility is real that I may have to wait a month or longer. I hope you come soon, little girl. Your knees are pokey, and you are squishing me.

Also, today is the first day of school at Troy's school. The summer has flown by, and today marks the first day of his third year at Veritas Academy!

Saturday is our family co-op. This is code for "work day." We trade once a quarter or so and all spend a day working at someone's house in our family. A couple of folks are devoted to watching kids, but the rest of us work on projects like painting, yard work, window washing, etc. This week, everyone is coming to our house to help with some projects in our pitiful backyard, and help finish getting the baby's room ready. The project I'm most excited about: Troy's sister, who is a wonderful artist, is going to paint some daisies on the nursery walls. Hopefully, we'll have pictures soon!